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neilc1881 on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/3#post-5188690
Fri, 26 Jul 2013 05:37:02 +0000neilc18815188690@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>We used to pay the odd visit to what was the GT and Rockshox distribution place in Bristol as yoofs (Madison maybe?). I never got anything more than half a pair of gloves and scuffed grips. A mate managed a pair of SIDS back when we all rode RST 381s, lucky get.
</p>somafunk on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/3#post-5188609
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:22:46 +0000somafunk5188609@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>I have a Grass polygraph 7d, (lie detecter) i rescued from a certain place that shall remain undisclosed, kinda similar to this one below but with more fancy machined knobs and extra boards attachede,<br />
<img src="http://cavlon.com/zcstore/images/CI2244.JPG"></p>
<p>It's currently sitting in my back garden under poly wrap and when i get round to it i'm gonna remove the top half with all the cool knobs and buttons and either make a glass topped table out of it or just hang it on the wall and plug it in so it lights up, obviously i want it to light up once i've attached the electrodes to a mate beforehand so those 3 yrs i wasted at uni studying electronics will not have been in vain after all.</p>
<p>edit : not really relevant to a skip but 20 years ago i found a 25kg bale of weed washed up on the shoreline a few weeks after a major weed bust on a yacht in the irish sea .....that was a **** good summer for us all at that time, it still gets talked about to this day, needless to say i have hunted the shoreline ever since <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> .
</p>Northwind on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5188607
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:21:12 +0000Northwind5188607@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Got my pillar drill and the motor for my lathe, not quite from the skip as I intercepted them on the way... Got some funny looks walking into the office that day <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p>bencooper on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5188582
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:01:16 +0000bencooper5188582@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>I actually got a business and a living from a skip - the bike shop I worked in as a student was closing down, and the owner chucked all the trade catalogues and price lists in the bin ready to set fire to them - I took a lot, phoned the companies up and pretended to be a proper company, and that was how I started my own business <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p>JoeG on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5188526
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:33:50 +0000JoeG5188526@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Stihl string trimmer left out on trash night in my neighborhood. Needed an $8 fuel line assembly, sell for $200+ new!
</p>nickdavies on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5188244
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:58:54 +0000nickdavies5188244@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Not a great find and not technically a skip but I went to ikea a while ago to get a floor standing lamp for the flat. Couldn't really find one I liked, and the closest was about £100. I was going to get it but decided to check out what else I could find in town first and come back tomorrow if nothing else.</p>
<p>Went home and took the bins down to the bin store that evening, and sat in there was a floor standing lamp almost if not identical to the one in ikea. Win! It does make me feel a little bit pikey whenever I look at it though.
</p>matt_outandabout on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5188203
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:47:23 +0000matt_outandabout5188203@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>200m2 of used hardwood parquet flooring from a bank.<br />
I hired a van, filled it completely.<br />
Used about 20m2 myself.<br />
Sold the rest of it on eBay for £350.<br />
Result.
</p>mattbibbings on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5188201
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:46:35 +0000mattbibbings5188201@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Best so far ( all from the same skip)<br />
1 orange Alu elite<br />
1 set of pace rc35s (seized)<br />
1 Reynolds 531 road frame and fork<br />
Many, many wheels.</p>
<p>Turned the Alu elite into a Frankenstein bike for my sister, and sold the rest to fund bike bits I would actually use!
</p>Frankenstein on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5188199
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:46:01 +0000Frankenstein5188199@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Damaged bikes, gears, wheels - I dropped off at Bristol Bike Project (charity) many years ago.</p>
<p>All asked permission of the owner.
</p>yunki on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5188164
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:38:14 +0000yunki5188164@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>This Kef active subwoofer.. it needed a new thingybob to get it working, but the bit only cost 4p and my little brother did all the electrical engineering bit</p>
<p><img src="http://www.hifidatabase.com/static/gallery/6/2286-KefPSW2000.JPG"></p>
<p><img src="http://www.hifidatabase.com/static/gallery/5/6365-kef_PSW2000_bot.jpg">
</p>esselgruntfuttock on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5187801
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:42:13 +0000esselgruntfuttock5187801@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>When I worked on the council yonks ago, the council ran the local tip &amp; Black &amp; Decker of Spennymoor used to use it. My boss was pretty handy &amp; we'd get the nod off Sid who drove the bulldozer that B&amp;D had been. Off we'd go &amp; collect what we could, me &amp; Ron made up loads of power tools from bits of motors, bodies, chucks, all sorts!</p>
<p> Me &amp; my ex GF found a tall wrought iron garden gate complete with frame in a skip in Altea in Spain but we couldn't get it all in the suitcase.
</p>bearnecessities on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5187755
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:24:31 +0000bearnecessities5187755@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Timb, did you keep it? It's bloody lovely that.
</p>konabunny on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5187734
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:17:33 +0000konabunny5187734@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p><blockquote>You lot live near some pretty generous skips!</p>
<p>I've only ever found mouldy carpets and rubble.</blockquote><br />
I don't know whether it's false nostalgia or something, but the quality of skip finds has gone right down ime.<br />
<blockquote>its hard to run with a binbag full of out-of-date malteasers in your hand. although they are lighter than ordinary chocalate</blockquote><br />
lol!
</p>tang on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5187540
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:41:21 +0000tang5187540@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Mate pulled a Dean ti frame from a skip in London(swanky post code) many years ago.
</p>rogerthecat on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5187523
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:35:27 +0000rogerthecat5187523@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Our hockey team goalkeeper, a bit battered and broken.<br />
It was night and he'd hit the mini-skip on the way home, it was unlit on the roadside, and he had been flipped OTB of his Honda 250 Wetdream into the mini-skip.<br />
Handy really as we could just chuck the wet dream into it, one fewer in the world was a good thing, then got am ambleance to take him to A&amp;E.
</p>timb34 on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5187409
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:03:46 +0000timb345187409@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Not actually from a skip, but a colleague offered me his Dad's old bike just before he went to the dump. I tried not to sweat and stammer and I said "yes please"</p>
<p>(Colombus Genius tubing, full Campag Record including brakes and seatpost. Saddle and wheels added for the photo)<br />
<img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rH3JGrVHaDs/UG7D1otlR8I/AAAAAAAAAKY/C8iGqdV91ss/s640/DSC00107.JPG">
</p>Edric 64 on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5187253
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:23:23 +0000Edric 645187253@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>I found a computer desk in a layby .I have also made a profit from a bike shop who had a spec.hybrid on a heap after they told the owner it wasnt worth repairing .I put a new gear cable in it and got £60 for it ,and £25 for a plain gauge 531 frame they had as well !! Sack trucks from the tip last week along with a barbecue grill and a perfectly good disc hub front wheel for my single speed
</p>spchantler on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5187223
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:14:57 +0000spchantler5187223@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>a terry dolan road frame with campag veloce and record on it, no wheels, from the local tip. asked the tip man who said help yourself. cheers, still riding it today <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p>ekul on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5187186
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:05:11 +0000ekul5187186@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Just the other week i was clearing our house out and threw a crap old subwoofer that had been cluttering the garage up (only cost about £30 new). Last week i went to look for it to try and salvage an aux cable for my stereo and someboady had helped themselves to it. The thing is we live on a quiet cul-de-sac with an average of 80, so god knows who took it! probs the same people who also claimed my knackered old hybrid!
</p>mrmonkfinger on "Best find from a skip."http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-find-from-a-skip/page/2#post-5187096
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:29:49 +0000mrmonkfinger5187096@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>You lot live near some pretty generous skips!</p>
<p>I've only ever found mouldy carpets and rubble.
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